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to Devotional ai LIVING AND D Jesus, I live to The loveliest My life in Thee In Thy blest Jesus, I die to Whenever de To die in Thee In my eterna Whether to live I know not w To live in The* To die is em Living or dying I ask but to My life in The Makes heavei This hymn was sung by Academy, Pennsylvania, while Samuel M. Brereton, lay in memorial service, February 1! THE HARP.C By the Late Th L-rand old Paul was evi only joined Silas in a ron woke up all the prisoners, 1 of sacred song in two of 1 brethren at Colossc to stir and hymns and spiritual s< taut element in the worsh tians; they marched to 1 Christ's church have alwa>' ther's hymns aroused Ge sermons, and John Wesle) Methodism so rapidly if under the inspiration of h hymns. There is no praise like a apostle tells the Ephesian: Colossians, that they must melody in their hearts to tl music of the soul; and the on a stringed instrument, all instruments is the harp a multitude of chorals it c can be struck there! What invoked ! Perhaps a large that John describes in his t harmony of innumerable fore the throne of God. Conversion signifies heart-strings. Sin breeds . thoughts, murmurings, hi blasphemies against a lovii heart attuned' hv the Hoi music. "lie hath put a nei signifies, a change of heari and opposition to God ha: soul has been brought into essence of holiness is to a There was a new music ii THE PRESBYTERIi nd Selections YING TO JESUS. Thee and best; !, Thy life in me, love I rest. TH AA ath shall come; Is life to me, 1 home. ; or die, rhich is best; j is bliss to me, iless rest. ;, Lord, be Thine; e, Thy life in me, a forever mine. the students of Mercersburg the remains of their instructor, the academy chapel, at the J. 1908. )F THE HEART. eodore L. Cuyler. dently a musician.. He not ising duet at midnight that nit he emphasizes the power tis epistles. He exhorts the each other up with psalms nigs. Praise was an imporip of those primitive Chrisnusic. The best* days of s been its singing days; Lurmany more than Luther's r never would have built up its walls had not ascended is brother Charles' seraphic heart-'song. Wherefore the ? just.what he had told the not merely sing, but "make lie Lord." This signifies the original word means to play And the most wonderful of of the human heart. What ontains! How many strings : marvelous melodies can be part of that celestial music iccount of heaven was in the glorified souls rejoicing bea new hand touching the endless discords; rebellious atreds, often breaking into lg Father. The regenerated ly Spirit vibrates to a new iv song in my mouth" really t. The spirit of ingratitude s been taken away, and the i unison with him. The real gree with God in all things. 1 the once blood-thirsty and \N.OF THE SOUTH. bigoted spul of Saul of 'J "Behold, lie prayeth." strings now, and they J When Napoleon foun ready to give out during Alps, he sent word to t tune," and a lively strai into weary feet. The the heart so changes em a walking with Christ, climb becomes a fresh si A devout heart has a At one time it is a burst oh my soul, and forget 1 time, it is a low, tender is more audible to the c ceeds from the broken ; sharp trial call forth soi prosperous hours are s1 of Germany an old bare towers. From one to\ several wires, which in and silent. When the began to play like an the wind rose into hois in his castle and heard 1 ing grandly above the weather is calm and th of the emotions of a C soon as the winds of ; h?art begins to play; an ricane of terrible trials mission and faith, and holy exultation which in the calm hours of su let the rough winds sr spices flow ; let us not if at midnight we can, 1 to our God. It is sjn that makes 1 malice and uncharitable and the foolish contemp indulge in, put us shod like pianos, often requir into submission to God him. When a piano or we always feel sure th quent music. So out heart proceed pure thoi and holy desires and no dance of such a heart tl It is our reproach tin chord in the lifarts r.f il profligate which may re ness. It was the kind \ ble shoemaker of Wore* shoulder, that first brou into the temperance m< mation of the most elc nence that a century h; is some silent chord th love. Happy the Chri? the harp-strings that 1 or curses, to evoke pra This world is only a July 28, 1909. I'arsus when it was said of him, Christ's hand is 011 the heart ire pitched to a new melody . d that his wearied troops were g their toilsome climb over the lie bandmaster to "change the 11 from the bugles put new life grace of Jesus Christ put -into nity into love that life becomes and then the hardest up-hill Lep toward heaven, very large repertoire of music. : of gratitude: "Bless the Lord, lot all his benefits!" At another key of penitence; but no strain livine ear than that which proand contrite heart. Seasons of me strains to which bright and trangers. In the Black Forest in built a castle with two lofty ver to the other he stretched calm weather were motionless wind began to blow the wires teolian harp in a window. As iterous gale, the old baron sat lis mighty hurricane harp playbattlements! So while the e skies are clear, a great many hristian's heart are silent. As adversity smite the chord, the d often when God sends a hur, you will hear strains of subeven sublime confidence and could never have been heard nny prosperity. Oh, brethren, nite us if they only make the shrink from the deepest trials ike Paul and Silas, sing praises the wretched discords. Anger, ness kill the Spirit of devotion; >tible worries that we too often :ingly out of tune. Our hearts, e retiming, in order to bring us and into a holy harmony with i melodeon is in right condition, at its keys will discourse eloof an obedient. Christ-lovinc ? . ?Q ights, and generous sympathies ble deeds. It is out of the abunlat the mouth speaketh. it we do not oftener touch that he sinful, the hardened, and the spond to every syllable of kindvord of Joel Stratton, the humester, and a cordial hand on the , ght the drunken John P. Gough ieting and pioneered the reforKjuent advocate of total abstias heard. In the hardest heart at will vibrate to the touch of ;tian who knows how to touch lad only emitted complainings " ises to our God! i rehearsal for eternity: Some ? '